Sargsyan rules out major personnel changes, expects government to meet targets for 2013

The government to be formed after April 9 is unlikely to differ drastically from what it is now, incumbent president and president-elect Serzh Sargsyan hinted during a meeting with journalists late on Monday.

Speaking about possible changes in the executive, Sargsyan, the certified winner of last month’s disputed presidential election, said that while there will be no major changes in the composition of the government to be formed after his inauguration next month, “no one will be secure [in their posts].”

In a wide-range interview the president dismissed opinions that the government has been a stagnant institution during his time in office, saying that as many as 20 changes have taken place in the 18-member Cabinet in the past five years. Read more…(456 words)